About to start a 2.5 day conference at Vic Uni.
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How can whānau voices influence change in the social state?
Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant uptick in severe weather events. In 2023 there was over 2000mm(!!) of rain. Over twice the usual amount.
Only about 18% of produce created in the region is consumed in region, making our infrastructure critical to the entire country.
We were naive thinking we could influence the systems, but were full of energy.
We went to whānau to ask what was important to them.
Built a whole tech stack to track every interaction a family had, to see if the systems were working and if they were doing what they said they would. Along with what the needs were
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We were naive thinking we could influence the systems, but were full of energy.
We went to whānau to ask what was important to them.
Built a whole tech stack to track every interaction a family had, to see if the systems were working and if they were doing what they said they would. Along with what the needs were
This is the housing system. The one designed to give people the most basic needs. Even the trained navigation experts struggle to move through it.
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This is the housing system. The one designed to give people the most basic needs. Even the trained navigation experts struggle to move through it.
The results of the study.
(Side note, compare the number of barriers to the number of whānau!)
Our project was about democratising the use of data.
Half of all requests (51.3%) were met with a barrier of some type.
The number and spread shows it's not a single failure.
Navigating the services was a significant component of demand.
#KiaTikaKiaPono
(No alt texts while I try to keep up, sorry)
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The results of the study.
(Side note, compare the number of barriers to the number of whānau!)
Our project was about democratising the use of data.
Half of all requests (51.3%) were met with a barrier of some type.
The number and spread shows it's not a single failure.
Navigating the services was a significant component of demand.
#KiaTikaKiaPono
(No alt texts while I try to keep up, sorry)Conclusions; navigator to help negotiate the systems can help. But they work _around_ highly complex systems. A locally designed system for a locally designed response is what's needed.
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Conclusions; navigator to help negotiate the systems can help. But they work _around_ highly complex systems. A locally designed system for a locally designed response is what's needed.
"Don't do the wrong things righter, do fundamentally different things instead. "
An excellent summary.
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"Don't do the wrong things righter, do fundamentally different things instead. "
An excellent summary.
Morning tea break, and not the purpose of today, but my god the brownie was divine
Back to it now with a talk from Gareth Hughes entitled "A system is what a system does: Our unjust and unsustainable economy is not an accident; it is the result of deliberate decisions"
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Morning tea break, and not the purpose of today, but my god the brownie was divine
Back to it now with a talk from Gareth Hughes entitled "A system is what a system does: Our unjust and unsustainable economy is not an accident; it is the result of deliberate decisions"
"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
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The results of the study.
(Side note, compare the number of barriers to the number of whānau!)
Our project was about democratising the use of data.
Half of all requests (51.3%) were met with a barrier of some type.
The number and spread shows it's not a single failure.
Navigating the services was a significant component of demand.
#KiaTikaKiaPono
(No alt texts while I try to keep up, sorry)@Phil_Tanner do you know if this study has been published somewhere? I'd love to know more.
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
We're massively over producing food, but 20% of Kiwi kids are going hungry. It's a symptom of a broken system.
Today we're in a poly-crisis. Everything is breaking down, and affecting ever other crisis.
A study suggested two thirds of Kiwis are open to the idea of "violence may be needed to solve the problems we're facing".
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We're massively over producing food, but 20% of Kiwi kids are going hungry. It's a symptom of a broken system.
Today we're in a poly-crisis. Everything is breaking down, and affecting ever other crisis.
A study suggested two thirds of Kiwis are open to the idea of "violence may be needed to solve the problems we're facing".
There is no point claiming the purpose of a system is to do what it consistently fails to do. A system is what it does.
The economy is not a law of nature, it is a system designed to keep power concentrated.
The economy is presented as an external force, we need to do X to appease it. It is us and our decisions we make. We designed it, we can redesign it. But the master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house.
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There is no point claiming the purpose of a system is to do what it consistently fails to do. A system is what it does.
The economy is not a law of nature, it is a system designed to keep power concentrated.
The economy is presented as an external force, we need to do X to appease it. It is us and our decisions we make. We designed it, we can redesign it. But the master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house.
4 in 10 Kiwi kids in poverty have a parent in full time work.
History reminds us big changes can happen in short periods, the 1840s, the 1930s (welfare state), the 1980s (neoliberalism).
Even our once in a generation MMP parliament was constrained in what it could achieve in the benefits space by the rules imposed by the legislation imposed in the 1984 neoliberal era.
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4 in 10 Kiwi kids in poverty have a parent in full time work.
History reminds us big changes can happen in short periods, the 1840s, the 1930s (welfare state), the 1980s (neoliberalism).
Even our once in a generation MMP parliament was constrained in what it could achieve in the benefits space by the rules imposed by the legislation imposed in the 1984 neoliberal era.
We are literally at a fork in the road. We can't keep kicking the can down the road.
The Left needs a clear and powerful message. The Right blame the immigrants, a clear boogeyman. The Left need to point to the rich and wealthy to show why you can't afford your house.
[Second image] is a good metaphor for voyaging- we cant see where we're trying to get to [the islands of the future] but we're needed to make decisions now to guide us towards it regardless.
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We are literally at a fork in the road. We can't keep kicking the can down the road.
The Left needs a clear and powerful message. The Right blame the immigrants, a clear boogeyman. The Left need to point to the rich and wealthy to show why you can't afford your house.
[Second image] is a good metaphor for voyaging- we cant see where we're trying to get to [the islands of the future] but we're needed to make decisions now to guide us towards it regardless.
These should be our way faring compass points (see previous toot) to guide us.
WEAll Aotearoa have released a blueprint for how to get there. Principles under each compass point.
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These should be our way faring compass points (see previous toot) to guide us.
WEAll Aotearoa have released a blueprint for how to get there. Principles under each compass point.
Gosh he speaks fast, with so many good points, I really can't keep up.
Such a loss to our parliament.
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Gosh he speaks fast, with so many good points, I really can't keep up.
Such a loss to our parliament.
Final speaker, Carwyn Jones; 'Ko te kai a rangatira, he kōrero' - Listening for democracy in Aotearoa.
Starting with a beautifully fluent mihi in flawless and unhesitant Te Reo Māori.
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Final speaker, Carwyn Jones; 'Ko te kai a rangatira, he kōrero' - Listening for democracy in Aotearoa.
Starting with a beautifully fluent mihi in flawless and unhesitant Te Reo Māori.
This whakataukī is often translated as 'speech is the food of chiefs', but I think it's better to say 'discussion is the food of chiefs'. Discussion needs to hear the other side, not just to talk your own view over others.
The lack of listening is a part of our constitutional structure. We should reorganise that to be more a part of dialogue - as shown by Te Tiriti.
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This whakataukī is often translated as 'speech is the food of chiefs', but I think it's better to say 'discussion is the food of chiefs'. Discussion needs to hear the other side, not just to talk your own view over others.
The lack of listening is a part of our constitutional structure. We should reorganise that to be more a part of dialogue - as shown by Te Tiriti.
(He's just used "Tāngata Whenua, Tāngata Moana, and Tāngata Tiriti"... - it's the first time I've encountered this grouping, and the first time I've heard the middle group. Have to say, I'm a big fan)
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(He's just used "Tāngata Whenua, Tāngata Moana, and Tāngata Tiriti"... - it's the first time I've encountered this grouping, and the first time I've heard the middle group. Have to say, I'm a big fan)
(Side note, this talk is honestly fascinating and engaging, but the concepts are big and chunky, and I'm really struggling to distill down to Toot-bites, arohamai e te whānau ipurangi. ..)
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(Side note, this talk is honestly fascinating and engaging, but the concepts are big and chunky, and I'm really struggling to distill down to Toot-bites, arohamai e te whānau ipurangi. ..)
The line the govt likes to take is that 'the people have spoken, we have a remit'. That view of democracy is very thin... anaemic.
What are the mechanisms that enable us to shift and refocus to listening and dialogue?
We've seen _many_ examples of unjust law making and undermine democracy. Skipping the select committee process removing the opportunity for public discussion intended to be part of that dialogue.
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The line the govt likes to take is that 'the people have spoken, we have a remit'. That view of democracy is very thin... anaemic.
What are the mechanisms that enable us to shift and refocus to listening and dialogue?
We've seen _many_ examples of unjust law making and undermine democracy. Skipping the select committee process removing the opportunity for public discussion intended to be part of that dialogue.
The standing up of the people select committees had been stood up to fill that gap. Demonstrating the power of listening, parliament have failed to listen.
No consultation at all on the pay parity decision. No one campaigned on it, so no one voted for this, and there was no discussion. There is no discussion here, no listening.
Numerous examples of official advice being ignored, recently the 'move on orders'. But many policies have been about removing community input ...
